Topic: Silver Gelatin living on?

[SLVR]

Not sure if everyone has seen this or not but i was flipping through kickstarter to see what all the buzz was about. Came across this.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019904644/big-silver-gelatin-prints?ref=home_popular

Basically its a printing house that prints whatever on silver gelatin. I think this would be more geared to *gulp* digital people. But I could see this being used too from people scanning their film who have limited access to darkroom space or are a little more technically savvy.

Its a weird hybrid workflow. Just gauging what people's thoughts are.

[LT]

Light jet and lambda printing has been around for ages. There is also the devere digital enlarger http://www.de-vere.com/products.htm . Ilford offer this service too - rc silver prints from digi files http://www.ilfordlab.com

So the only real difference seems to be the size of the prints - and Ilford can do up to 40"x40" which is probably large enough for a silver print I'd say. 
 

[SLVR]

Ah i see, this is more for really big stuff

[Francois]

The Durst Lambda can take paper up to 50 inches wide. Length is as long as there is paper on the spool. It was one of the first digital printers and still one of the best. It uses lasers to expose the photo paper, so resolution and quality are truly fantastic. They're also big beastly machines...


This one is at Rochester Institute of Technology